Benjamin J. Kuipers: On Space and Time and GOFAI - 78th Conversation
Ben Kuipers, emeritus professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan (🔗, 🔗, 🔗), joins Michael and Dave in a nerdly yet accessible conversation on topics ranging from Good Old-Fashioned AI, to how we understand space and time, to ethics and trust in society, to teaching Dave how to LISP properly in the 1970s.
[Episode cover based on image used courtesy of Benjamin J. Kuipers]
26 Jul 2025
Efficiency, Resilience, & Robustness With Moshe Vardi - 77th Conversation
Moshe Vardi (🔗, 🔗, 🔗), the Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at Rice University, and a multi-award-winning force in theoretical computer science, joins Michael and Dave in a wide-ranging conversation about robustness and resilience in computer science, engineering, and society at large.
Moshe's talk "Lessons from Texas, COVID-19, and the 737 Max" is online (🔗, 🔗).
[Cover based on an image used by permission of Moshe Vardi]
Episode Note: This conversation was recorded in August 2024 but is only becoming available now. Computing Up regrets and apologizes for the extended delay!
27 Apr 2025
Computing Then And Now with Joy Lisi Rankin - 76th Conversation
Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin (🔗, 🔗, 🔗, 🔗), an author, historian, and academic, joins Michael and Dave in a fast conversation about the history of computing and its systemic biases from the '60s to the techbros of today, and much more.
[Cover based on an image used by permission of Joy Rankin (http://joyrankin.com)]
Note: This conversation was recorded in April 2024 but is only becoming available now. Computing Up regrets and apologizes for the extended delay!
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